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Hi all! Wondering if someone could help me.

I’ve recently bought my own camera after borrowing a friends for the past year (both Olympus om10). I’ve got three rolls of film back so far and most of them were blurry. Film ISO was 400, it was bright sunlight and I was mostly shooting 16f and high shutter speed, so I’m not sure that it’s due to motion blur. I’ve never had this problem before with my friends om10 so I’m wondering if it’s me not being steady enough or a fault with the camera? Examples here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/196070312@N06/?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/196070312@N06/52213465264/in/dateposted-public/

Thank you!
 
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To me, this just looks like careless focusing. It is certainly not a fault with the camera body but it could be a defective lens.
 
It looks like camera shake to me, in that I can see double images around what should be sharp edges. If it is, the problem could be that the shutter is slower than it should be - do the negatives look overexposed?

John's post above was made as I was typing, so I read it before continuing. I also thought focussing issues when I saw some.

Given that a different OM10 in your hands and focussed with your eyes didn't have these problems, it rather looks like a camera fault. The focussing screen could be out of alignment.
 
Could be something simple, like focus. Are you sure you haven't been pulling your shots in all the excitement? I only ask because you mentioned high ISO and shutter speed. Maybe you should try a slower film and take your time?
 
Welcome to Talk Photography Amy.

The sunny 16 rule suggests the shutter speed should have been around 1/400th for an ISO 400 film so camera shake seems unlikely although looking at the shot with the telegraph wires there is clearly doubling up of the wires.

Focusing at longer distances at f16, assuming something like a standard lens, would give a significant depth of field so one would expect something to be reasonably sharp. So either a lens problem or shake?

Could you borrow you friend's lens and shoot some with your lens and some with your friend's on the same body and film? Also note the shutter speed for each shot. BTW which film did you use for these?
 
FishyFish said:
Another possible consideration is how they are being scanned. If they are being scanned with a DSLR then it's also possible that camera shake / vibration could be added at that stage.

Are you able to see if the images on the negatives are blurred in the same way as the scans?
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EXIF Info on Flickr site shows scanned with NORITSU KOKI EZ Controller. Could be a scan problem the double images might point that way so looking with a magnifying lens at negatives certainly good idea. Other possiblities that occur to me are
  • a misaligned element or defect in the camera lens
  • loose film pressure plate
 
Reading these responses I have changed my mind re not a camera problem. As Stephen says, the focus screen could have been knocked slightly out of place or, as David says, the pressure plate could be loose.

The focus screen on an OM10 is replaceable which means that it is not rigidly held in place. A previous owner might have attempted replacing the screen - it might be upside down.

If you want to date Olympus film cameras, you remove the pressure plate and look at the code printed on the back. If someone has done this, they might have compromised the two springs holding the pressure plate in place.
 
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